Coffee-pot.



Patented Fab. 4,- I902.

No. .692,76I.-

J. E. BICKEL. comza POT.

(Application filed Aug. 80, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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JOHN E. BIOKEL, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

COFFEE-POT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 692,761, dated February 4, 1 902.

Application filed August 30, 1901. Serial No. 73,732. (No model.)

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN E. BICKEL, residing at Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Coffee-Pot, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that type of coffee-pots having a removable percolator or strainer and it seeks to provide an improved pot of this type of a very simple, neat, and economical construction in which the parts are cooperatively arranged so they can'be conveniently handled and the coffee quickly brewed Without the aroma escaping to atmosphere.

In its generic nature my invention comprehends a pot, a strainer adapted to seat on the bottom of the pot, and a cover orlid having a pendent member adapted to snugly fit within the pot and produce a substantially hermetic seal and to render the pot practically steam-tight without the aid of gages, screws, or other devices common in other styles of coffee-pots of this type.

In its more complete nature my invention embodies a pot, an inverted-cone-shaped or cup strainer adapted to seat on the bottom of the pot, said pot having an outlet at a point below the strainer-top, and a detachable top having a pendent portion to snugly fit the pot to form a steam-tight connection and to act as a detent or look to hold the strainer properly seated in the pot-bottom during pouring or tilting of the pot, said top also having avent and an automatically-closing valve therefor.

In its more subordinate features my invention consists in certain novel details of construction andpeculiar combination of parts, i

all of which will hereinafter be fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my form of coffee-pot. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view of the removable top and inner cylinder. Fig. 4. is a view of a slightly -modified arrangement of the spout-closure devices. Fig. 5 is a view of another modification of the same.

Referring to the drawings, in which like the pot.

numerals indicate like parts in all the figures, 1 designates the pot, which is of the usual straight-cylinder kind, provided at one side with a suitably-ornamented handle 4, and on the side opposite the handle it has a pouringspout 2, the peculiar construction of which and its correlative arrangement with the strainer and the pot-closure member form a feature of my invention.

7 designates a strainer having a cup 'of inverted-cone shape, with a flattened base to seat on the pot-bottom, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, by reference to which it will also be noticed the upper end of the strainer 7 has a diameter equal that of the pot to snugly fit against the sides thereof. The pot 1 at the spout side has an outlet 1 which starts at the bottom and extends up to the level of the bottom of the pendent rim 5 of the cover or lid, presently again referred to.

The pouring-spout 2 in the practical construction may be of any ornamental shape. In the drawings I have shown the same as extended up'to about midway the height of the pot and then projected outward on an angle, as at 2, and said part 2 being braced by the member 3. The pouring end of the spout may also be made to suit the general style of For the cheaper grades I prefer to use an ordinary cork stopper 9 as a closure member, as shown in Fig. 1, joined to the pot by the chain 9*.

To furtherstrain the coffee and make the liquid still clearer, the cork can be provided with a screw-eye 9, having a shank extended into the cork body, and a second screw-eye at the bottom tosecure a short lift-chain 11, adapted to sustain a conical strainer 10, made of fine wire-cloth and adapted to slip down into the spout. By providing an additional strainer, arranged as shownand described, the said strainer can be readily pulled out and cleaned and the chain 11 made of sufficient length to permit the cork when off the spout to hang suspended from a hook member 3 on the bracket 3, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, and thus be held out of the way when pouring without pulling on or disturbing the spout-strainer.

Instead of providing a spout construction as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and at, the same may be constructed as shown in Fig. 5, in which the spout is shown with an extra pouring end 2, having the usual gravity closure-cap 12.

The lid or pot-cover before referred to, the construction of which and its combination with the pot and strainer7 form an essential feature of my invention, consists of the top proper, 5 having the usual flange-rim 5 to fit closely over the upper edge of the pot-body 1, and a central outlet 5, that discharges into a hollow ornamental top piece, shown globelike in the drawings, and which consists of a lower imperforated half 5 and an upper perforated half 5, the two forming a large lifting-knob and also a vent for the escape of air and steam. The two parts 5 and 5 are separable and may be held together by friction or by a screw-thread, and within said knob works a cork ball or gravity-valve 6, which normally closes oif the outlet 5. By making the knob of two sections the cork ball can be readily removed and cleaned or a new one substituted. The pot-closure member also includes in its make-up a pendent portion 5, the upper part of which has a diameter to fit the pot-body and has a beaded portion 5", adapted to engage and form a kissing fric tional contact with the sides of the pot-body, whereby when the top is closed down a close fitof the cover or closure member is effected and the pot rendered substantially steamtight. The lower end of the part 5 is made to loosely fit within the body 1 and is of such length as to extend down close over the upper end or rim of the strainer 7, and by reason of such relative arrangement of the parts 5 and 7the part 5acts as a lock-detent to preventthe strainer 7 tilting or losing its proper position during handling or tilting of the pot. The strainer-cup being of an inverted-cone shape ample space is left at the bottom to receive the strained coffee and permit of its free flow out through the outlet 1 The pot can be made of any suitable material, in accordance with the grade desired, the correlation of the parts being such as to permit of varied external ornamental shapes.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought the advantages of my improvement will be readily apparent. The several parts are of themselves of a simple and novel construction and adapted for economical man ufacture and for being readily removed for cleaning and again assembled. It will be noticed the lid requires no screwing on or other special devices for securing same in place, as it becomes, as it were, a rigid part of the pot as soon as it is pushed down into the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a pot of the character described, the combination with the body 1, having a pouring-opening near the bottom, and a spoutleading therefrom, and the cup-shaped strainer 7, removably supported on the bottom of the pot; of thelid or cover havinga pendent memher 5, adapted to snugly fit within the pot, steam-tight, and havingits lower edge oppose the upper edge of the strainer, for the purposes specified.

2. A coffee-pot, consisting of a cylindrical body, a removable inverted cone shaped strainer adapted to seat on the pot-bottom, and having its upper or widest portion of a diameter to engage the pot sides, said pot having a pouring-opening below the upper edge of the strainer and a spout joined therewith, a'closure member consisting of a lid or cover, and a pendent portion adapted to detachably fit within the pot, having a length to extend down in close proximity to the strainer-top, and having a part made to closely fit the inside of the pot to form a steam-tight joint, the aforesaid lid having a vent-opening, and an imperforated vertical extension surrounding the vent, a perforated member adapted to connect with the imperforated extension, and a gravity-valve held in said imperforated extension, all being arrangedsubstantially as shown and for the purposes described.

3. Inacoifee-potofthecharacterdescribed, the combination with the pot-body, a strainer held therein, and a pouring-spout, said spout having a hook member; of the supplemental conical strainer, adapted to detachably seat in the spout, a spoutstopper, and a flexible connection joining the conical strainer and spout-stopper, all being arranged substantially as shown and described.

JNO. E. BICKEL.

\Vitnesses:

HARVEY T. SMITH, E. MOsLmN; 

